Woodruff v. Miller

Griffin Smith, Chief Justice.

The appeal is from a decree that a deed executed by Mrs. Sarah A. Bales Cover was not delivered, notwithstanding the fact that Fred H. Woodruff for whose benefit, prima facie, it was executed, received the document at the grantor’s direction.

Mrs. Cover died intestate August 31, 1945, owning certain real property. She had owned other property, some of which had been disposed of. When death occurred Mrs. Cover resided at Lincoln, Washington County. She had formerly lived in Fayetteville at 318 East Lafayette Street. This is the property described as part of lots…